Means for securing straps to buckles.



No. 703,878. Patented luly 1, I902. F. WUODWARD.

MEANS FOR SECURING STRAPS T0 BUCKLES.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1902.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK WOODWARD, OF SOUTH YARRA, NEAR MELBOURNE, VICTORIA,

AUSTRALIA.

MEANS FOR SECURING STRAPS TO BUCKLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersrPatent N 0. 703,878, dated July 1, 1902. Application filed April 8,1962- Serial No. 101,912. (No model.)

To all whom it mayzconcer'n:

Be it known that LFREDERIOK WooDWARD, carrier, a subject of the King of Great Britain; residing at No. 412 Print road, South Yarra, near Melbourne, inthe State of Victoria,Oommonwealth of Australia, have invented Improved Means for Securing Straps to Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

Hitherto ithas been usual in securing straps to buckles to pass the end of the strap through the buckle, then lay the free end back upon the body of the strap and secure it thereto by sewing the two parts together. This involves considerable expenditure of time and is obj ect-ion able for various reasons, one being the necessity for employing skilled labor whenever it is required LO attach a buckle to a strap, and the strap is very liable to become weakened by Wear or neglect Where it is bent around the buckle, thus providing a fruitful source of accidents often attended with very serious consequences. There is also a certain amount of difficulty in keeping the metal buckles of harness, for instance, properly cleaned when they are permanently attached in this manner. Now my invention has been devised for the purpose of remedying these defects'by providing simple -andin'expensive' means whereby straps may readily be secured to or detached from buckles even by inexperienced persons and without loss of time, as will be seen on reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a reverse plan.

My invention comprises a metal base or strip A, passed through the buckle B, bent back upon itself and riveted together, as illustrated in the drawings. On. one side of this metal base 'is secured or formed a metal keeper 0, through which the free end of the strap D to be buckled may be passed in the ordinary manner. On the opposite side of this base are two other metal loops or keepers E'E, set a short distance apart, and between them is a projecting stud or pin F, adapted to engage a hole or recess in the end of the strap Gyro which the buckle is to be attached. By this means buckles can readily be secured to straps by inexperienced persons without loss of time, and yet in a firm reliable manner, by passing the strap G under the first loop or keeper E, over the stud F, (which engages the hole in the strap,) and then under the second keeper E, near the buckle.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is In a device for securing straps to buckles, the combination with a buckle, of a base-plate consisting'ofa strip of material bent upon one endof the buckle and upon itself, means 'for rigidly securing together the ben P tions of the strip, a pair of keepers formed of;a flat strip of material depending from the lower face of the base near each end thereof, a studdepending from the base between the said 'pair of keepers, and a keeper of greater Width thanthe first-mentioned keepers projecting from the upper face of said base a suitable distance from each end thereof, said keeper projecting from the upper face of the base formed of a flat piece of material, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK WooDW-AED.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, J unr., EDWIN WILSON. 

